The Committee of the Regions presented by the end of December 2010 a programme of events in the pipeline for 2011, where as it has been the case in previous years the OPEN DAYS to be held in October will play a central role. This year, in addition to the events linked to the six Plenary sessions, there will also be some sessions and fora dedicated to some of the key issues of the year within EU agenda, as well as a number of other major events in cooperation with the incoming Presidencies.

One more year, the annual programme for the Committee of the Regions for year 2011 will be marked by the celebration between 10 and 13 October of the OPEN DAYS 2011, the 9th European Week of Regions and Cities, which this year will run under the theme Investing in Europe's future: Regions and cities delivering smart, sustainable and inclusive growth. The OPEN DAYS, which every year gathers in Brussels representatives from European regions and cities to debate over the challenges they face, will be the central event for this year further to other events linked to the six Plenary sessions to be celebrated as well as some other seminar and fora taking place not only in Brussels but also in some EU regions.

The events programmed for year 2011 will also include some fora dedicated to the European Year on Volunteering which is celebrated during 2011, to decentralised cooperation in development, transport policy and Trans-European Networks as well as regional innovation and research policies. They will be accompanied by a number of other major events in cooperation with the incoming Presidencies.

Main events within the Committee of the Regions agenda 2011

• March 2011 (exact date TBC), Basque Country, Spain: Assises de la subsidiarité: Subsidiarity monitoring one year after Lisbon – common approaches at local and regional level
• 29 March 2011, Brussels: Forum: The future of European Transport Policy: European Transport Networks and territorial cohesion
• 29/31 March 2011, Brussels: Forum: Decentralised cooperation between Europe's regions and developing countries
• 10 May 2011, Brussels: Forum on one of the remaining flagship initiatives of the Europe 2020 Strategy "Resource efficient Europe", "An industrial policy for the globalisation era", "An agenda for new skills and jobs" (tbc)
• 29 June 2011, Brussels: Forum: "The future of EU research and innovation policies: What role for Europe's regions and cities?"
• 10-13 October 2011, Brussels: OPEN DAYS-9th European Week of Regions and Cities
• 13 December 2011, Brussels: Forum on one of the remaining flagship initiatives of the Europe 2020 Strategy "Resource efficient Europe", "An industrial policy for the globalisation era", "An agenda for new skills and jobs" (tbc)

Other major events of the Committee of the Regions during 2011

• 29 January 2011, Agadir, Morocco: 2nd ARLEM meeting: Meeting of the delegates of the "Assemblée régionale et locale Euro-méditerrannéenne"
• 3 March 2011, Budapest (tbc), Hungary: Territorial Dialogue: implementation of the 7 flagships Europe 2020 Strategy
• 8 May 2011, Brussels: Open Doors Day of the EU institutions
• May 2011, Brussels: Climate Action: Europe's cities and regions make it happen (tbc)
• May 2011, Budapest: First Conference of Local and Regional Authorities of the Eastern Partnership
• End of September/early October 2011, Brussels: EuroPCom: Communicating in Europe – Communicating on Europe
• September – November: Seminar/Conference/Round table on Rural regions - rural futures (tbc)
• Autumn 2011, Poland: Inter-institutional decentralised event during the Polish Presidency on the Financial Framework post-2013